Must the spice flow?
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What happens when we mistake the portrayal of sexual freedom for actual sexual liberation?
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But I’m a good person
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This blog post is not about the death of the queen, though the bad hot takes on social media are the inciting incident. This is a blog post about white supremacy and white fragility and the fallacy that you can be progressive without feeling uncomfortable about your whiteness or doing a damn thing towards actual change.
Don’t Speak Ill of the Dead
Last Thursday, Queen Elizabeth died, and the internet lost its collective mind. Suddenly,…
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When they come for you
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I largely try to stay out of "discourse" on social media these days, and coming out is not going to change that. But for the record… -
Teaching and Twitter
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So, my students finally found me online.
Seriously, what took you so long?
Not to boast, but I’m easy to find online. There are few enough Ben Babcocks that my various accounts, not to mention my website, eventually show up sometime on a Google search. So I knew it was just a matter of time.
Knowledge of my online presence has spread quite quickly. I’m not that bothered. Long ago I made a decision to…